The Ruffled Feathers of Arlizplot is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Venus I with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.482 billion Arlizplotians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Echo Enclave. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Arlizplotian economy, worth 800 trillion Arils a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 178,698 Arils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, and the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arlizplot's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Etherealism.

Arlizplot is ranked 16,010^th in the world and 6^th in Cataclyst Order for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,985.62 on the Gilded Widget Scale.